Cabinet for holding talking-machine records.



H. 0. BROWN. CABINET FOR HOLDING TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED m 11. 1916.

Patented Sept. 17,1912.

M/VENTOR HENRY c. nnown, or BHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLVANIA,

CABINET FOR HOLDING TALKING-MACHINE RECORDS.

Specification ofglietters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1' 7, 1912.

' Application filed May 11, 1910. Serial No. 560,589.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, HENRY C. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia 5 and State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improved Cabinet for Holding Talking-Machine Records, of which .the following is a specification. I Minvention is a cabinet designed for holding talking machine records, ofdifferent sizes, under pressure, exerted over substantially their entiresurface, which will kee them flat, correct warping and avoid rub ing. Myimprovements are. also designed to provide for the ready insertion andwithdrawal of the records.

A further object of my improvements is ,to provide a simplifiedconstruction.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet having myimprovements a plied thereto; Fi 2 is .a transverse sectlonal view ofthe rawer shown in Fig. 1, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;-Fi 3 is. alongitudinal sectional view of the rawer taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a block comprised in the improvements;and Fig. 5 1s a perspective view of a detached partition comprised inthe improvements.

The 1 improvements, as illustrated in the drawings, are us (1 incombination with a casing 1 having t 0 drawer 2. The drawer has inthesides thereof slots 3 which are slightly inclined tothe' vertical andwhich 85 receive boards 4 forming backs for support ing the respectivesets of portfolios and the records held therein. Longitudinal ribs 5 areformed on the sides near the bottom and longitudinal grooves 6 are.fdrmed inthe bottomof the drawer.

' Separators or partitions 7 are designed to extend transversely acrossthe drawer, and have in the sides thereof recesses or notches 8 forreceiving the ribs 5, whereby the sep- 'arator's aremovable'independently' in the drawer without being accidentally removedor displaced in withdrawing or inserting records.

bythe block is centered, held 'ag inst lateral movement and permittedlongitu inal movement. The back 10 of the block has an inclined surfacecorrespondin'g to the inclination ofthe backboard 4' against which it Inthe bottoms of the separators are formed notches 9 adapted for receiving50 apb l ock 10 having longitudinal bottom ribs 11 which register withthe grooves 6, where-- fits; a notch 10" is cut out of the forward partof the block to permit the latter to clear the spring supporthereinafter described and engage the front of the drawer, and the top ofthe block is provided with the cylindrical concavity 12 extending lon'tudinally of the drawer for the purpose 0 centering and properlysupporting a record of small size. a

' A movable board 13 extends across the. drawer in front of each set ofseparators 7 and is held in place b the enga ement of the recesses 14 inthe sides thereo with the ribs 5. A-recess 15 in the bottom of the boardpermits the passage of the block 10.

Bearings 16 are fixed to the bottom of the drawer in front of therespective boards 13 and support rods 17, the front rod lying in thenotch 10" of the block 10. The rods 17 support wire loops 18, havingspring coils 19 thereon and ends 20 engaged to'the bearings 16, theloops with their connections providing automatically acting levers forpressing the boards 13 and thereby exerting an even pressure upon theseparators and a the records therebetween.

As shown, a block 10, is'inserted in th fofward portfolio. The insertionis readily efi'ect'ed by withdrawing the back 4, press- 35 ing theseparators forward, insertin the 1 block, and replacing] the back, whicholds the block securely. in place.

- A set of small disks 21are adapted to be held between the forwardseparators upon the block 10, the surface 12 of the latter en-" gagingthe correspondingly curved edges of the records, which are centeredthereby. Largersized records 22 are adapted to be placed betweenseparators of the rear set 5 and rest directly upon the bottom of thedrawer, beingheld in position bythe sides thereof. It will be understoodthat, for the insertion and withdrawal of a record, separators 1 cadjacent thereto can be'opened by the inser-" 'i tion .of the hand andpushing forward the arts in front thereof, including the spring l i 'er.

The separators are preferably made flexible so that they can be sprungto enga e them with and disengage them from tl ie ribs ,5. p 7

Having described my invention, I claim:

In Va-cabinet,...a drawer, aback board ref movably engaged in guidesthereof, separators'having recesses in the bottoms thereof,

a front board having a recess in the bottom In witness .whereof I havehereunto set thereof, means for pressing said front board my name thistenth day of May, 1910, in 10 an}? separators sowaigl said back board:1and the presence of the subscribing witnesses. a lock adapte to einserted in sai re- 5 cesses by the removal of said back board and HENRYW to be held against the, front of said drawer Witnesses: by theengagement of the reinserted back -J0s. G. DENNY, Jr. board therewith.JOHN I. HOWARD.

